February 28, 2013 Community News, Restaurant/Bar News
It’s time once again to pick through the preliminary agendas for the monthly CB1 committee meetings. They’re subject to change, so if an issue is important to you, check here before heading off to the meeting. My comments are underlined. (If you only care about Tribeca, scroll down to the photo.)
NOTE: I may have to miss most of the Tribeca Committee meeting, so if you’ve ever wanted to go and take notes…. It’s, um, fun! Let me know at tribecacitizen@gmail.com.
3/5 Battery Park City Committee
Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue
From 5 p.m.:
1) Department of Transportation Wayfinding Content Workshop
From 6 p.m.:
1) Route 9A – Update by Tom Mellett, Construction Manager, Lisa Weiss, Landscape Architect, and Julie Nadel, Community Liaison, Route 9A project
2) West Thames Street Bridge – Update Construction stars in November.
3) Traffic light study and traffic calming measures – Update
4) Brookfield Properties – Update (tentative) Perhaps to discuss the food court announcement.
5) The following notices have been received for BPCA permit requests:
—The Muscular Dystrophy Association walk/run on the esplanade Sunday, June 23, 2013 from 10:00am to 4:00pm
—Scleroderma Foundation walk on through Battery Park City Sunday, June 63, 2013 from 9:00am to 12:00am
6) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—North Cove Yacht Harbor, application for a seasonal liquor license for North Cove Yacht Harbor
3/6 Financial District Committee
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
From 5 p.m.:
1) Department of Transportation Wayfinding Content Workshop
From 6 p.m.:
1) Plaque for Fallen Firefighters
2) Update on Broadway 1000 Steps by Mary Miss. A description is here. It includes this: “Twenty ‘hubs’ dispersed along the length of Broadway will serve as sites for collaboration between Mary Miss / City as Living Laboratory, artists, research scientists and other experts, municipal policy makers, academic partners, and local community groups.”
3) Presentation about proposed plan for London Calling film shoot at 20 Exchange Place by Jason Farrar, Location Manager, Columbia Pictures This is actually for Spider-Man 2. I’d assume it means a major to-do is planned, or the producers would never have to go before CB1.
4) Water Street streetscape improvements – Presentation by Sean Quinn, DOT Pedestrian Project Group and Neil Gagliardi, Director of Design Review, DOT Urban Design and Art Unit (Planning Committee members invited)
5) South Prow, 10 South Street (Governors Island), application for wine and beer license for Salmon East Seven Corp., d/b/a Little Eva’s – Resolution
6) 111 John Street, application for wine and beer license for Zen Master Foods, Inc., d/b/a Mooncake Foods – Resolution
7) 32 Old Slip, application for catering facility liquor license for Sentry Centers 32 Old Slip LLC d/b/a Convene at 32 Old Slip – Resolution
8) 53 Park Place, application for restaurant wine and beer license for Ernst Klein 6th Ave. Foods Inc., d/ b/a Amish Market – Resolution
9) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—The Bosque Area, Carousel and Fountain Kiosks, Battery Park, application for a restaurant wine and beer license for The Cleaver Company
—22 Maiden Lane, application for wine and beer license for Sushi a la Kawa 22 Inc.
—75 Nassau Street, application for renewal of wine and beer license for Nassau Street Restaurant Corp. d/b/a The Diner
3/7 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Governors Island Special Purpose Zoning District – Resolution
2) Water Street Temporary Programming for POPS Text Amendment – Resolution (Financial District Committee members invited)
3) East Midtown Rezoning – Presentation by Tri-Board Task Force
4) Hurricane Sandy: Initial Lessons for New Buildings, Presentation of New York City Department of City Planning Report by Diana Switaj
5) Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency – Report
3/12 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Human Trafficking – Presentation by New York County District Attorney’s Office (Tentative)
2) 2013 Pre-kindergarten and kindergarten numbers within CD1 – Update
3/13 Tribeca Committee
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
From 5 p.m.:
1) Department of Transportation Wayfinding Content Workshop
From 6 p.m.:
1) Hudson River Park Neighborhood Improvement District — Discussion This promises to be a bit of a melee, if this comment thread is any indication.
2) Fresh Direct, Mark Lefcozich, Director At least one member wants to talk to Fresh Direct about its trucks hanging out on W. Broadway by the Con Ed substation.
3) Public Art for Tribeca Park, Department of Parks – Resolution Does every park have to have art? Sorry if I sound like a philistine, but can’t the parkiness be enough? Isn’t that the point?
4) Washington Market Park Equipment Request by Pam Frederick – Report
5) Bogardus Plaza capital improvement project – Update by Victoria Weil, President, Friends of Bogardus Garden Maybe the clocktower is finally happening.
6) 65 West Broadway, application for an alteration of a liquor license for Saleya – Resolution Again?
7) 363-367 Greenwich, application for a liquor license for American Cut – Resolution Marc Forgione appears to be opening a steakhouse in the Trattoria Cinque space. It’s covered here.
8) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
—228 West Broadway, application for liquor license for the Bubble Lounge
—2 Debrosses Street, 12th floor, application for liquor license for Apogee Events Inc.
—17 Murray St., application for liquor license for Dark Horse
—113 Reade St., application for liquor license for 113 Reade Street LLC That’s Ward III.
3/14 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 502 Canal Street, application for facade reconstruction – Resolution Ponte Equities moves forward on its neglected landmark….
2) 25 Broadway — application for signage — Resolution
3/19 Seaport/Civic Center Committee
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
From 5 p.m.:
1) Department of Transportation Wayfinding Content Workshop
From 6 p.m.:
1) Update by Durst Properties (tentative)
2) Update by Howard Hughes Corp (tentative)
3) Save Our Seaport Coalition Mission Statement – Resolution
4) Spirit Raise Project – Report
5) Chabad of Wall Street (Mardi Gras Festival Productions, promoter) street activity permit application for Fulton Street between Water Street and Gold Street Friday, May 10, 2013, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm – Report
6) 139 Duane Street, application for a renewal of a sidewalk café license for Blaue Gans – Resolution Duane between Church and W. Broadway is in the Civic Center committee?
7) 42 Peck Slip, application for an alternation in a liquor license for Paris Cafe – Resolution
8) 230 Canal St., application for an alteration of a liquor license for TBD – Resolution
9) 22 Fulton St., application for an alteration of a liquor license for Pizza and Pasta Delight – Resolution
3/20 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Update – David Emil, President
3/21 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Annual update by WTC Health Registry – Update by Jeffery Hon and Mark Farfel
2) Updates by CB1 Senior Programs
3) Southbridge Adult and Senior Citizens Center – Joseph Morrone, President
4) Battery Park City Seniors –Ruth Ohman
5) Independent Plaza North Senior Center – Nicole Brown, Director (invited)
3/28 CB #1 Monthly Meeting– 6:00 PM
7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, 10th Floor
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I speak as a long time TriBeCa resident but not a customer of Fresh Direct. I believe FD has every right to make their deliveries and set up shop so to speak on various streets during their delivery times.
By having one truck stay parked while the delivery people make their deliveries cuts out numerous trucks, more pollution and more traffic/parking problems.
The delivery people in my experience are polite and keep busy until they are finished Healthy competition allows for this situation and FD should not be penalized because of it.
Such is life in the city…there is always something.